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Sierra Leone - Aunt & caregiver of woman who died of Ebola tests positive for the virus - Discharged after recovery

A new Ebola case has been linked to a recent death from the disease in Sierra Leone, signaling an expanding flare-up after West Africa was declared free of disease transmission by the World Health Organization (WHO), Reuters reported today.

Sierra Leone confirmed an infection in a 38-year-old aunt and caregiver of a 22-year-old woman who died from the disease on Jan 12, which ended the country's Ebola-free status, according to health ministry spokesman Sidi Yahyah Tunis.

Umaru Fofana, the reporter who filed the story, said on his Twitter account today that the case was confirmed in the city of Magburaka in the Tonkolili district of Sierra Leone's Northern province. He added that the woman will be transferred to 34 Military Hospital in Freetown.

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A second case of Ebola was confirmed late Wednesday, 20 January after the blood sample of a high
risk contact linked to the index case, tested positive for Ebola Virus Disease.

The 38 year old aunt to the index case, was an active caregiver to the index case during her illness and
also helped prepare the body for burial upon death on 12 January 2016. The swab tests of the index
case tested EVD positive on 14 January 2016.

'Aunt M' moved to a Voluntary Quarantine Facility on Monday, 17 January 2016 with four other high
risk contacts, after initial monitoring at a quarantined home.

She developed a fever with diarrhea early 20 January at the VQF, was transferred from the VQF to the
isolation facility, where an initial blood specimen was taken; the specimen tested positive for EVD
twice. Subsequent testing took place at another independent laboratory that doubly confirmed the
results late on the same day.

'Aunt M' has been transferred to the Ebola Treatment Unit at Military 34 hospital in Freetown where
she is receiving treatment.

While this new case causes understandable anxiety after all known transmission chains were formally
halted on 7 November 2015, the government's rapid response to find, identify this high risk contact
early, move her to a VQF, monitor her closely for symptoms and rapidly isolate and provide treatment
when she showed symptoms and tested positive, proves that our response systems remain robust.
But the risk of further infection remains high for as long as monitoring of located high risk contacts
continue and while missing contacts remain unlocated.

The general public is urged to continue to think Ebola, to call 117 to report suspicious illnesses and all
deaths, not to wash dead bodies and adhere to safe hand hygiene practices and to seek early
treatment if you suspect that you may have been in contact with the index case.

"Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear." -Nelson Mandela

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‪#‎SierraLeone‬'s single ‪#‎Ebola‬ case has been discharged after her recovery, setting in motion the countdown to the outbreak being declared over, again. Meanwhile 10 missing contacts in Kambia have reappeared after dozens were released from quarantine.

Sierra Leone's last known Ebola patient has been released from hospital, medical officials said on Monday, allowing authorities to begin a six-week countdown before declaring the West African country free of the virus once more.

“Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights – that must be our call to arms"
Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

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